Mr. GEORGE. Again, Mr. Chairman, I have to invoke the privileges granted me under the fifth amendment of the Constitution. Mr. WHEELER. Will you also invoke the privilege on all questions relating to the waterfront section of the Communist Party? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. I shall have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment in connection with that. Mr. WHEELER. Were you an official of the union in 1951? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. Again I have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment and decline to answer the question. Mr. WHEELER. Did you sign a Taft-Hartley affidavit? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. I invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment and decline to answer. Mr. WHEELER. Is it not a fact that the Communist Party advised members of the Communist Party to disassociate themselves from the Communist Party and sign the Taft-Hartley affidavit? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. I shall have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment to that. Mr. WHEELER. Is it not a fact that the members of the Communist Party remained loyal and in the discipline of the Communist Party although they officially did resign? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. I will have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment as to that. Mr. MOULDER. Did I understand you to say that your birthplace was here in Seattle? Mr. GEORGE. Sir, I didn’t give my place of birth. I wasn’t asked that question. Mr. MOULDER. Where were you born? Mr. GEORGE. I was born in Denver, Colo. Mr. MOULDER. When did you move to Seattle? Mr. GEORGE. I came to Seattle after the First World War. I think it was in 1918 or thereabouts. Mr. MOULDER. Have you resided in Seattle ever since? Mr. GEORGE. Yes, sir. Mr. WHEELER. Have you ever heard of the Negro and National Groups Commission of the Communist Party of King County? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. I shall have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment as to that, sir. Mr. WHEELER. Mrs. Hartle in her testimony stated you were chairman of that group. Was she correct in this testimony? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. Again, sir, I will have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment and decline to answer. Mr. WHEELER. Are you familiar with an organization called the Interracial Action Committee? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. I will have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment. Mr. WHEELER Are you a member of the Communist Party today, Mr. George? (The witness confers with his counsel.) Mr. GEORGE. I will have to invoke my privileges under the fifth amendment and decline to answer that, sir. Mr. WHEELER. No further questions, Mr. Chairman. Mr. MOULDER. The witness is excused. Mr. WHEELER. Harriet Pierce. (At this point Representative Harold H. Velde returned to the hearing room.)